New Ulm weekly review., 1887-11-16

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Clerk. The term of office of the Chief Engineer
and his assistants shall commence on the first day
4 of January of each year.
4 Sec. s. The officers of each company shall con-
sist of one Foreman and one Assistant Foreman
who shall held their respective offices for one
4 Foreman shall be elected by the company at the
first regular meeting of the departement in Jan
uary of each year, and he shall appoint a suita.
BILE person as Assistant Foreman from the mem
bership of his company; provided, that the first
i Foreman ofeach company to be formed hereun-
der, shall be appointed by the City Council and
i he shall hold his office until the next company
election. The Foreman of each company shall
alone have the power to enlist and accept suita-
l-ble and proper persons for membership of his
1 company.
Sec. a. The fire department shall hold regu-
lar monthly meetings at such time as they may
i determine in their bylaws. For the purpose of
transacting their civil business, the department
shall at its first regular meeting Of January in
each year, elect a President, Vice President,
Secretary and Treasurer who shall severally hold
their offices for one year and until their success
sors are elected and these officers shall perform
/ the duties usually incumbent upon such offices.
1 Sec s.. The Secretary shall call the roll of each
4 company at each regular meeting of the depart
ment and the abSentees. On or before the 10Th
day of March. June. September and December of
each year the Secretary shall transmit to the City
Council on blanks to be furnished for that purpose
copies of the roll call of each company at the meet
ings of the department. well as OF the roll call of
each company at drills or fires to be furnished hin
/ by the Foremaa of each company and a record
1 thereof kept in a book provided therefor. Any
4 member being absent for three consecutive roll
calls is liable be dropped from the list unless sat
isfactOrily excused by the Foreman and thereafter
l such member shall be subjectto poll tax for that
! year the same as if he had not been member.
The Secretary shall also annually within three
days after the regular meeting in anuary of each
year transmit to the City Council correct roll of
i each company attested by its Foreman, and report
| at the end of each month any changes occurring in
J said lists by addition or diminution.
| Sec. 6 On an alarm of fire, the Chief Engineer
with his assistants shall Immediately repair to the
! place of the fire and take command and full con.
troll of the fire department and all other persons
at the fire. except city officers, and direct all
| Panies to be placed and worked in such manner as
! he may deem best for the extingushmeRt of fires
that within the city limits. and it shall be the
duty IF each company and its officers to see that
| his orders are executed. In the absence of the
/ Chief Engineer, the Assistant Engineers in their
/ order take command of the fire department and in
the absence of both of sail assistants the Foreman
i of the Engine company, or person acting as such
shall be Chief Engineer until his superior officer
| arrives.
! Sec T. 1t hall be the duty of the fremen and
their officers attend all meetings of their respect
i've companies. and in case of fire to repair With
their proper implements, in as orderly manner
as possible the place thereof and to their best
4 efforts to extingush the same under the direction
OF their officers It shall be the duty of the several
/ companies, whenever their implements shall have
1 been taken from their proper place of deposit by
order of their officers. or upon an alarm of fire. to
! return the same in an orderly manner when dis
/ missed from the fire. when so directed by proper
/ authority and the same Immediately clean and at
all times to keep in good order and hit for imme-
diate
/ Sec g. The Chief Engineer shall exercise
plete supervision and control over the whole fire
department and all apparatus. and examine the
same as often may be necessary and see tina, 1t
is properly kept, cared for and placed. He shall
see that each company exercises at least once a
] month with its apparatus. He. or the person ex-
ercising the powers and duties of his office. shall in
] case of fire have the power and may direct any
i builing or structure to be pulled down removed
in such manner al he may see fit, when such act
ion necessary in the judgment of said officer to
i arrest the progress of any fire.
i Sec g. The Assistant Foreman of the several
companies have command of their respective COM
panes in the absence of their Foreman.
i Sec TO- Any person who shall willfully offer
any hindrance to any officer or fireman in the per-
formance of his duty at a fire, OF shall conduct
| himself in noisy or disorderly manner, or shall
willtully in any manner njure, deface abstract or
destroy any fire engine, hose or any fire apparatus
kept for by said city. or within said city, or
shall Obstruct or injure any water pipe cisern or
reservoir, any leakages or waste of Water
therefrom, shall for every such offense, be liable
to the penalty hereinafter described.
i Sec. II. No person shall knowingly or Willful-
Kind over any hose of the fire department of said
city, when the same is laid down to be used at
any fire, or at any other time, without the con
sent ofthe engineer in command, under the penal
i ty hereinafter described.
Sec, IL. No fire engine or fire apparatus of any
i kind SHALL at any time or upon any OCCASION be
taken from its usual place of keeping without
4 the consent of the officer in charge, shalethe
same be taken beyond the city limits for any
purpose whatever, without the consent OF the
Mayor. Any person or persons who shall violate g,
any of the provisions of this section, shall be
punished as is hereinafter provided.
See. 13.t The Chief Engineer, or person in CON-
mand for the time being at any, fire shall have
the same power to suppress all tumults or disor-
a
shall have power to prescribe limits within
which no person shall come, except those who
reside therein or admitted with his consent and
he shall have further power to order any FIRE
company, fireman or any other person away
from the neighborhood of said fire and to COM
mand such assistance from the inhabitants of the
city not members of the fire department., for the
extinguishment of fires, and for the preservation
of property exposed to fires, as he may require
and in any person shall refuse or neglect to
i render assistance as above required or shall re-
fuse or neglect to obey any lawful order OF the
officers in command. or ltsuch fireman OF other
. Iperson shall refuse or neglect to depart when
ordered to do SO as aforesaid, the fireman or 9TH
er person so offending shall for each ofense be
subject to the penalty hereinafter prescribed.
the peace Of said city to keep all iders and sus-
spiclous persons from the fire and its vicinity
and to use all proper exertions for the preserya-
ton of goods and other property endangered at
| fires.
Sec. Is. If any member of the fire depart
ment wilfuliy neglects or fails to discharge the
uutleS OI 1uSIuDSIsa VI ldls W1tnOut q
reasonable excuse to attend any fire, OF leave his
apparatus at any fire without permission or il in
any case the membership of any person IN the
fire department shall cease and he shall refuse to
deliver up on demand all property in his posses
sion belonging to the city, he shall be punished
as hereinafter provided.
Sec. l6. The members Of the fire department
shall be subject to such regulations and bylaws
as they may adopt, upon their approval by the
City Council, not inconsistent with law and the
provisions OF the ordinances of the city.
q Sec. Il. Any person violating any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall on conviction be
punished by a fine of not less than five nor more
than fifty dollars and costs of prosecution and
be imprisoned until such fine and costs are paid
not exceeding sixty days
81 SIC. 1e The provisions OF any ordinance here.
s. tofore passed and inconsistent herewith are here
5 by repealed.
Sec. Is This ordinance shall take.efect from
and after publication.
4 Passed Nov 9th A ID. 1887